'They Saw the Vision': Yes Boone Drops First Release With Warner Music Australia

Sydney producer and artist Yes Boone is looking beyond Australia after signing with Warner Music Australia in partnership with Warner Records US, a deal he says gives him both the international reach and creative backing needed for the next stage of his career.

The signing was unveiled last month at Warner Music Australia's annual Listen Up Showcase, where Boone marked the announcement with a surprise DJ set and debuted his new single, “Nosebleeds”.

For Boone, who had been fielding interest from several labels, Warner stood out because the conversation wasn't centred on recreating what had already worked. 

“When I started chatting to Warner, I was like, ‘Oh, you guys sort of see the vision,’” Boone told The Music Network. 

“Other people were like, ‘Let’s do more of what's been working for you'… [from] a more safe sort of perspective. And Warner were like, I showed them some of my demos, they just really liked it and we matched each other's freak in that way.”

Boone said the label also came to the table with a plan and a willingness to move quickly.

“They had this forward momentum, ‘Let’s take action, let's do stuff.' And I'm like, great. That's how I think too.”

The partnership with Warner Records in the US was another significant factor giving Boone a clearer pathway into a market he sees as central to his next phase.

“I feel like I've really started to make tracks in Australia and I've done a bunch of shows and it's amazing,” he told TMN. “But now I'm like, I've got to get to the US. It's a new market. It's sort of untapped in a way for me, so I need to get the boots on the ground out there.”

After building much of the project independently, Boone said signing to a major was less about handing over control than gaining support in areas he could not easily replicate himself.

He remains determined to keep his ‘fingerprint’ across the creative side of the project, from music to visuals, while leaning on Warner's network for opportunities outside his own reach.

“What about other people talking about me, instead of me shouting like, ‘Hey guys, look at me’?” he said. “That was when I was like, okay, the major label mechanism there is like, ‘Hey, we have all these connections. Let’s tap this person on the shoulder. Let's get you on this press run.'”

That evolution echoes the creative one visible on “Nosebleeds”, which blends French house influences with a darker edge inspired by British post-punk and places Boone's own voice and lyrics front and centre for the first time. 

“I was like, how do I make this my own even more so?” Boone said. “I could sample a great vocal of someone and I could get away with it and it would sound amazing… but one thing they can't do is sing in my voice.”

He described the move as part of ‘stepping into the boots of an artist’'. asking himself, “What do I feel and how would I say that? And what does that sound like?”

The shift also reflects Boone's desire to change how audiences perceive the project.

“I think right now you're like, ‘Oh, he’s a DJ. He's caught a few little waves of good moments via social media or whatever,'” he said. “But then I think they hear, ‘Oh, he’s doing an album and he's singing.' I think it's a bit of an awakening or something. It's the next stage of the evolution.”

Warner Music Australasia and Southeast Asia President Dan Rosen said Boone was “a brilliant artist and producer at the vanguard of Australia's electronic music scene,” adding that the company was excited to support “this next phase of his career and global trajectory.”

Yes Boone enters that phase with more than 11 million streams to his name, support from triple j and BBC Radio, and live credits alongside Diplo, Dom Dolla and Martin Garrix. His 2025 debut EP, Best I've Found, further established him as an emerging name in Australian Electronic music. 

He will close out 2026 with appearances on the Spilt Milk lineup and at Wollongong's Yours and Owls Festival. 

“Nosebleeds” by Yes Boone is out now.